Jubilee2000 - Song of Solomon - 2

2:1  I [am] the lily of the field [[Heb. Sharon]] [and] the rose of the valleys.

2:2  As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the virgins.

2:3  As the apple tree among the trees of the wild, so [is] my beloved among the sons. [I] desired to [sit] under his shadow, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.

2:4  He brought me to the wine chamber and placed his banner of love over me.

2:5  Sustain me with flagons [of wine], strengthen me with apples; for I [am] sick with love.

2:6  His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

2:7  I charge you, O ye virgins of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field that ye not awake nor stir up love, until he pleases.

2:8  The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.

2:9  My beloved is like a roe or a young hart; behold, he stands behind our wall; he looks through the windows, blossoming through the lattice.

2:10  My beloved spoke and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

2:11  For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over [and] gone;

2:12  the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the song is come, and the voice of the turtle [dove] has been heard in our land;

2:13  the fig tree has put forth her [green] figs, and the vines in blossom have given forth [their] fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

2:14  O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] beautiful.

2:15  Hunt the foxes [for] us, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines [are] in blossom.

2:16  My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his; he feeds among the lilies.

2:17  Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, return, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.: